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 .. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
 
-   Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
-   deviation.  This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
-   defined below.
+   Normal distribution, also called the Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean,
+   and *sigma* is the standard deviation.  This is slightly faster than
+   the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
 
    Multithreading note:  When two threads call this function
    simultaneously, it is possible that they will receive the